Ok, to start off, I am trying to learn programming etc. by reading a few books. Now the real question...I have noticed that people post scripts in the forums (not just here) that show how vulnerabilities or patches to programs. The problem is, I dont know how to tell which program (c++ vb etc) that it should be compiled in. I also thought, maybe the scripts that are being written are to be executed in Linux (something else I am learning). Any easy way to tell?....and no, Im not trying to "hack" anything, I just think it would be great to really use some open source programs and even be able to write my own....would be great if they started teaching programming with my comp science degree.....only a few more months till that. Thanks